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| 2010 Audi A3 TDI 2.0L Brake pedal VIN: WAUKJAFM3A I have this Audi in with the complaint of a brake pedal fade. Customer did front pads and rotors. They did not release the bleeder screw when the piston was pressed in and forced all the fluid backwards thru the system. I'm sure every tech ( my self included )... |
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| 2006 BMW X5 3.0i 3.0L No message from DSC VIN: 5UXFA13586 Hi BMW guys, I've got this BMW X5 3.0L from my friends repair shop. Couple of people have looked at it before including myself. Originally it came with all ABS, 4x4 lights on the cluster, there were couple codes in transfer case module, including "oil wear lim... |
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| 2007 BMW X3 3.0si 3.0L stumble VIN: WBXPC93427 This engine sets code 2A82 on every start up, hot or cold. Logistics counter sets the code at 40 every time 800 Rpm cam shaft set point 83.62 actual 60.00 (according to freeze frame ). Swapping sensors or control valves does nothing to change results. Introduc... Trouble codes: 2A82, P0012 |
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| 2003 Cadillac Escalade 6.0L Cruise Control VIN: 3GYEK63N23 Found Cruise Control inop. Looking at Cruise Control Data using a Tech 2 the stoplamp switch parameter should change from applied to released with pedal application. This vehicle is applied at all times, the brake pedal switch will change from released to appl... |
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| 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe LS 5.3L left turn signal VIN: 1GNEK13T93 This vehicle has me stumped...when you turn on the left turn signal, it works fine EXCEPT all 3 brake lights will also flash. I highly doubted a turn signal switch would fix it due to the 3rd brake light being involved, and I was right on that. I have gone ove... |
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| 2007 Chrysler 300 C SRT8 6.1L No Start VIN: 2C3LA73W07 Car sat in customers yard for 3+yrs. Towed to shop for a no start issue. Engine turned over but had codes relating to Wireless Control Module or "Halo" on ignition switch. Replaced part and had PCM /key programed. Still wouldn't start. Found the engine had no ... |
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| 2010 Chrysler Sebring Limited 3.5L System Leak VIN: 1C3BC6EV6A Customer states A/C not blowing cold. Checked refrigerant charge. System was almost empty. Checked for signs of leaks and found none. Recharged system and added tracer dye. Returned vehicle to customer. 2 months later, customer returned with same complaint. Ag... |
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| 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 SXT 5.7L etc. VIN: 1D7HU18218 Hello all have a bit of a tricky one here, This dodge truck with start to vibrate/shake through the whole vehicle, at speeds above 70 while on a flat surface cruise (very little load) have tried several things to try and diagnose source but to no avail. Transm... |
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| 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Limited 4.6L Transfer Case VIN: 1FMEU53897 Just wanted opinions/ideas from techs that have worked with this problem before (Is it a common thing for output bearing to fail?). This is a regular customer who has owned the vehicle for 3-4 years. It gets frequent road trips and no abuse. Noise started sinc... |
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| 2009 Ford Escape Limited 3.0L Hard start VIN: 1FMCU94G09 If the truck sits for a couple hours it has an extended crank. There are no codes fuel pressure is good. I left pressure gauge on when sitting and pressure was good and still had extended crank. It will crank aprox. 8 to 10 times before starting |
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| 2011 Ford F-150 Platinum 3.5L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTFW1ET1B hi truck came in complaint was misfire/ hesitation under accel. also flashing engine light. code was the p0016 we changed both cam sensors on bank 1 and did a crank variation relearn scanner said was successful. test drove after and a lot of the power came bac... Trouble codes: P0016 |
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| 2006 Honda Pilot EX 3.5L MIL Lamp on, running rich VIN: 5FNYF28756 Engine runs good but can not find cause for Code P0175 Rich condition on Bank2, also Bank1 is running rich, if I create a large vacuum leak bank1 reads -4 and bank2 reads -7, when driving rarely will fuel trims go above +1 on Bank1 and Bank2. Vehicle is from u... Trouble codes: P0175 (Rich condition bank 2) |
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| 2006 Jeep Wrangler X 4.0L Cuts out, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1J4FA39S36 WE got this jeep with the check engine light on.it was missing under load and jerked intermittly at highway speed. Usually sets code on start up,but not always.We took all the auto zone sensors off and put oe crank sensor and cam sensor with oil pump drive.We ... Trouble codes: P0344 (Cam sensor intermittent) |
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| 2000 Land Rover Discovery Series II 4.0L Suspension VIN: SALTY1242Y Does anyone know of a way to wake up the air suspension module without a factory scanner? This vehicle was raised up without disabling the rear air suspension. The rear is now sitting on the stops. I've tried with the scanners that I have with no success. Disc... |
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| 2000 Lexus RX300 3.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: JT6GF10U8Y Hi, thanks for all the help in advance. So I bought to fix and sell this car from my body shop friend. He drove it for a few weeks and said the only issue he felt was a hard shift. Then one day it wouldn't start. I got it at my shop and got it to start while h... |
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| 2007 Lexus ES350 3.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: JTHBJ46GX7 This one is wrecking my brain. Vehicle came in two weeks ago for a p0051. Another tech had looked it and put a new b2s1 a/f sensor. Vehicle comes back last week for the same code. We checked power, ground, and checked the resistance of the wiring to the a/f se... Trouble codes: P0057, P0051 |
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| 2004 Lincoln Aviator 4.6L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 5LMEU68H14 This is the second time this aviator has come in with this code. No repairs have been performed at this time because it is so intermittent. Customer says the engine will shut off and then not start. Let it sit for a little while and it will start up and it won... Trouble codes: P1233 (Fuel pump driver module off line) |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L Lighting VIN: WDBSK75F23 Start car turn on the head lights and left front headlight flickers. If we turn on lights then start car light stays on no flicker. changed sam, igniter bulb and control unit nothing changed. swapped everything from left side to right side,only to have the r/f... |
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| 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT 3.8L Lighting VIN: 4A3AK34T16 Vehicle came in for no start. When I open the door, the door light on dash lights up. when I put the key in the ignition, the door noise chime. At first when I turn the key to the on position, no dash lights at all even clock not light up. When I turn to the s... |
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| 2006 Mitsubishi Raider XLS 4.7L Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1Z3HC48N56 Here I am again. I've got a Mitsubishi Raider with a 4.7L(Dodge engine) and it's idling rough with a PO303. Since there isn't any misfire counters on my Varis Pro, we pulled the coil connector and #3 cyl. is definitely got a problem. It doesn't have a hard mis... Trouble codes: P0303 |
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| 1998 Nissan Frontier XE 2.4L Timing chain VIN: 1N6DD26S5W I used aftermarket kit. Done fine for 3 days. Lower chain loose. I suspect aftermarket tensioner has calapsed. The one I took out was same but old. I suspect aftermarket does this but 3 days? Tested oil pressure and it's good. Just want to confirm what I think... |
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| 2004 Nissan Frontier XE 3.3L Misfire, stumble VIN: 1N6ED27T14 Vehicle has a stumble / misfire upon initial acceleration or deceleration. Will do this even in park revving the engine with no load. Only happens for a second or less. Even under heavy load and long acceleration vehicle runs perfect. Story from customer was v... |
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| 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix SE 3.1L Hesitation, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1G2WK52J42 Car starts right up, idles fine. However when driven stumbles / hesitates / lack of power under load. Plugs and wires were original. Plugs in bad shape. Replaced spark plugs and wires. Symptoms seemed to improve slightly. Fuel pressure was good and increased a... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire), P0420 (Catalyst), P0404 (EGR open position performance) |
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| 2004 Saturn Ion 1 2.2L Hesitation VIN: 1G8AJ52F14 Vehicle was towed in from another shop with a bad fuel line leak and also an intermittent no start and misfire. We repaired fuel line and also repaired misfire with a tune up and ignition module. Vehicle runs like a champ except on take off at times. The vehic... Trouble codes: P1599 |
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| 1993 Subaru Legacy L 2.2L No Start VIN: 4S3BC6338P Hello fellow techs, need help with this Subaru. Vehicle came in with a no start. Inspected spark, injector pulse, and fuel pressure and vehicle had none of them. Checked for power to main relay had no power on the light green/white wire to the relay from ECM. ... |
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| 2004 Volkswagen Jetta GLS 2.0L No Start VIN: 3VWSA69M44 Hello everyone and thanks for the help with this one. I have this Jetta pulled in with the 2.0 engine that will crank and fire off while cranking but die when you let off the key. All of the dash warning lights do not work with the exception of the battery l... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg Edition 2.0L pulling away from a stop VIN: 3VWRA71K99 Hi all, I have a problem with this Jetta. The car will jerk when you first drive off from a stop.. it feels like its in the transmission. It is the DSG transmission and it has been replaced with a used unit and a brand new DMF was fitted also as it had a massi... |
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| 2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI 3.0L No Start VIN: WVGFM77L39 Hi everyone, we installed a use engine,after first start up,it took a few starts because of air in system i think, but than it run for about 20-30 sec,try to rev it up but it stalled, after that it turns over no start, only code is for plugged particulate filt... Trouble codes: P242F |
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| 2011 Volkswagen GTI 2.0L Sunroof VIN: WVWHV7AJ3B Hey guys. Got this gti in and had the typical sunroof not closing, usually due to accedental initialization start and looses its adaptations. Will go through all operations without stoping but rear vent will not stay closed. No fault codes recorded, nothing is... |
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Fixes & Summaries for All Makes and Models
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| 2006 BMW 325i 3.0L Misfire VIN: WBAVB135X6 Hi guys. As most of you know this vehicle has two cam sensors two vanos solenoids. I found the intake side vanos to be defective. Thank you guys so much for all!!! Trouble codes: P0341, 2A9A. |
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| 2008 BMW X5 3.0si 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 5UXFE43528 So we were probably beating ourselves up too much over this one. Replaced the coils and it runs perfect. Trouble codes: P0302, P0741, 4F53. |
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| 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS 4.2L radio VIN: 1GNDT13S22 ok I did not think of trying tech2. Truck is gone so its to late to try now.I have gm sub. so i can usually just re program and this unlocks. Will try tech2 next time .This radio would not allow holding buttons down to get codes to unlock.If i get any more in... |
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| 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche LS 5.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3GNFK12338 Thanks everyone for your comments and help. We performed a compression test and leak down on this engine and found that the #1 cyl is down 30- psi from the other cylinders. Losing pressure from the intake valve, I guess you can call it an internal vacuum leak!... Trouble codes: P1174 (Fuel trim cylinder balance bank 1). |
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| 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 4.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3B7HA18NX2 As luck would have it, the failure rate escalated drastically after I wrote the first request so that it was throwing the code consistently after at least every other restart. Measured voltages and grounds looked fine so (as many of you said) it was time for a... Trouble codes: P0601. |
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| 1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Mechanical VIN: 1FTRX18W5X Thank you to all who replied however, I'd already done my homework on this rig. A pressure check didn't turn up a heater hose leak nor an int. man. gasket leak and driver stated no issue with coolant loss nor having to add coolant on a regular basis. Running v... |
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| 2004 Ford F-150 FX4 5.4L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, VIN: 1FTPW14514 o.k. finally runs. had two new ford vvt actuators installed with new motor . left one was bad out of the box. was not functioning at all. bench tested clicked appeared to be functioning but it was not working properly. got another ford actuator and she fired r... |
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| 2011 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch 6.7L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FT8W3DT1B Just got two replies to this one but both Todd and Francois were dead on. The truck actually had a bad NOX sensor. There is a TSB to replace the sensor with an updated version and then reflash the computer with the newest update. Problem solved and truck is do... Trouble codes: P207F. |
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| 2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD SL 6.0L No communication VIN: 1GDHC24U66 Checked all wiring and dataline (bus) verified ok bad PCM |
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| 2004 Honda Accord LX 2.4L Mechanical VIN: 1HGCM72294 thanks for the info my car had 45psi at 2,000 rpm.so the transmission is going to be replaced |
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| 2004 Honda Accord EX 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1HGCM66594 Thanks for all the replies. I had to put in another PCM and ground circuit come back normal but the canister replacement also needed. So it took PCM, vent valve, and a canister to fix this car. I found out "L75" mean latest software. Anything below "L75" is ol... Trouble codes: P2422 (Evaporative Emission Canister Vent Shut Valve Stuck Closed Malfunction). |
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| 2002 Mercedes-Benz E270 2.7L unsure My thoughts were confirm by the very helpful post on this matter the car is a 211 chassis and it has the SBC pump behind the RHF headlight and it is occasionally louder than other times. I finally got to see the car again today! Thanks guys for you help! |
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| 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 5.0L trunk VIN: WDBSK75F53 Thanks in advance to all who took the time to reply. With the owners permission we drilled the trunk lock. Turns out it was a salvage vehicle when he purchased it 4 years ago. He never tried to use the metal key in the remote and was not aware it didn't work... |
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| 1991 Suzuki Carry .7L Excessive Emissions Thank you for replies; still do not have the "correct" emission vacuum layout, but, received few others that may be useful to try out & drill down hookups. |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L Oil Pressure VIN: WVWVD63B43 We finally got to work on our loaner car again.The switch we got from VW was the wrong one.We got the correct one from VW and problem solved. |
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| 2003 Volkswagen Passat GLS 1.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: WVWPD63B93 Thanks for all your time in helping with this. Customer did not wanted to spend anymore money to FIX anything anymore. He's already in overy $4000 with dealer and other shops. He went with a CA smog check wavier for now and got DMV register for another 2 ye... Trouble codes: P0299 (Turbo boost pressure regulation), 16683 (Turbo boost pressure regulation control range no reached). |
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